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Out of Darkness
A Young Adult Historical Fiction Novel by Ashley Hope Pérez
Subgenres:
- Segregation Era,
- Interracial Romance,
- Tragic Romance
This book is for you if you're into...
- Historical fiction set against real-life American tragedies
- Forbidden love that defies entrenched racial lines
- Tense small-town atmospheres where danger simmers beneath the surface
From Little Stack
Set in New London, East Texas, 1937, Out of Darkness is an unflinching, atmospheric and moving story about family, love, segregation and hope.
It follows Naomi Vargas, a half-Mexican girl living with her white step-father and younger twin siblings, and Wash Fuller, a Black boy who becomes their friend. People on all sides of the clearly divisive colour lines in this town don’t approve of their friendship, but Naomi, Wash and the twins won’t be swayed. Over time, the feelings between Naomi and Wash begin to morph into something more. This is a love that breaks all the rules. A love that has devastating consequences.
The compelling love story is merged with the true story of the 1937 New London school explosion, creating a captivating, tragic and darkly beautiful story that stays with you long after reading.
This is East Texas, and there's lines. Lines you cross, lines you don't cross. That clear?
New London, Texas. 1937. Naomi Vargas and Wash Fuller know about the lines in East Texas as well as anyone. They know the signs that mark them. They know the people who enforce them. But sometimes the attraction between two people is so powerful it breaks through even the most entrenched color lines. And the consequences can be explosive.
Ashley Hope Pérez takes the facts of the 1937 New London school explosion—the worst school disaster in American history—as a backdrop for a riveting novel about segregation, love, family, and the forces that destroy people.
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